The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volumes 3-4 |
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... Thou didst deserve a dart from kinder eyes . CREECH . SHEER - LANE , DECEMBER 14 . ABOUT four this afternoon , which is the hour I usually put myself in a readiness to receive com- pany , there entered a gentleman , who I believed at ...
... Thou didst deserve a dart from kinder eyes . CREECH . SHEER - LANE , DECEMBER 14 . ABOUT four this afternoon , which is the hour I usually put myself in a readiness to receive com- pany , there entered a gentleman , who I believed at ...
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... thou art a very unaccountable old fellow - Pr'ythee , who gave thee power of life and death ? What a - pox hast thou to do with ladies and lovers ? I suppose thou wouldst have a man be in company with his mistress , and say nothing to ...
... thou art a very unaccountable old fellow - Pr'ythee , who gave thee power of life and death ? What a - pox hast thou to do with ladies and lovers ? I suppose thou wouldst have a man be in company with his mistress , and say nothing to ...
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... thou that art born in sin ! " Sentiments of this nature , which are in themselves just and reasonable , however debased by the circum- stances that accompany them , do not fail to produce their natural effect in a mind that is not ...
... thou that art born in sin ! " Sentiments of this nature , which are in themselves just and reasonable , however debased by the circum- stances that accompany them , do not fail to produce their natural effect in a mind that is not ...
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... thou made them all ! " VIRG . GEORG . iv . 6 . PSALM CIV . 24 . SHEER - LANE , JANUARY 11 . I HAVE lately applied myself with much satisfaction to the curious discoveries that have been made by the help of microscopes , as they are ...
... thou made them all ! " VIRG . GEORG . iv . 6 . PSALM CIV . 24 . SHEER - LANE , JANUARY 11 . I HAVE lately applied myself with much satisfaction to the curious discoveries that have been made by the help of microscopes , as they are ...
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... thou wouldest never appear to me here- after ; but if thou wilt not grant me this , that thou wouldest not bear a form more terrible than that in which thou appearest to me at present . Let not thy threats and menaces betray me to any ...
... thou wouldest never appear to me here- after ; but if thou wilt not grant me this , that thou wouldest not bear a form more terrible than that in which thou appearest to me at present . Let not thy threats and menaces betray me to any ...
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